Catalyst Funds Management Pty Ltd Lowers Stock Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Catalyst Funds Management Pty Ltd trimmed its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDAFree Report) by 38.1% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 92,458 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 56,900 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for approximately 4.0% of Catalyst Funds Management Pty Ltd’s holdings, making the stock its 5th largest position. Catalyst Funds Management Pty Ltd’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $17,243,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 47.9% in the 2nd quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares during the period. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth $40,000. Syntax Research Inc. raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 62.5% in the 4th quarter. Syntax Research Inc. now owns 260 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $49,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares during the period. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC bought a new position in NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter worth $50,000. Finally, Networth Advisors LLC bought a new position in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth $51,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

NVIDIA Trading Down 6.2%

Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $205.10 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $4.96 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.41, a PEG ratio of 0.46 and a beta of 2.22. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $203.37 and a 200-day moving average price of $190.55. The company has a quick ratio of 2.85, a current ratio of 3.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $140.85 and a twelve month high of $236.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDAGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $81.62 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.94% and a net margin of 62.97%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.81 earnings per share. Equities research analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.61 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the computer hardware maker to buy up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 4th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 4th. This is a positive change from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 15.31%.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.71, for a total value of $3,357,490.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 36,007 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,362,796.97. This trade represents a 34.54% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 42,650 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $174.89, for a total transaction of $7,459,058.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 881,387 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $154,145,772.43. The trade was a 4.62% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 1,922,461 shares of company stock valued at $387,385,083. 3.94% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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Analysts Set New Price Targets

NVDA has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Melius Research set a $400.00 target price on NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $335.00 target price (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Wedbush increased their price target on NVIDIA from $300.00 to $330.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Citigroup initiated coverage on NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, April 15th. They issued a “buy” rating for the company. Finally, China Renaissance initiated coverage on NVIDIA in a research note on Friday. They issued a “buy” rating and a $319.00 price target for the company. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $305.67.

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NVIDIA Corporation, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is a global technology company that designs and develops graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip (SoC) technologies. Co-founded by Jensen Huang, who serves as president and chief executive officer, along with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem, NVIDIA has grown from a graphics-focused chipmaker into a broad provider of accelerated computing hardware and software for multiple industries.

The company’s product portfolio spans discrete GPUs for gaming and professional visualization (marketed under the GeForce and NVIDIA RTX lines), high-performance data center accelerators used for AI training and inference (including widely adopted platforms such as the A100 and H100 series), and Tegra SoCs for automotive and edge applications.

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